Effects of the quasi-biennial oscillation on low-latitude transport in the stratosphere derived from trajectory calculations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Punge, H J ^a,b   Konopka, P ^c   Giorgetta, M A ^a   Muller R ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL MAX PLANCK RESEARCH SCHOOL ON EARTH SYSTEM MODELLING   (Germany)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TRAJECTORIES; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

CHEMISTRY-CLIMATE MODELS; COMBINED EFFECTS; EDDY TRANSPORTS; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATIONS; MERIDIONAL TRANSPORTS; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATIONS; TIME-SCALE; TRACE GAS; TRAJECTORY CALCULATIONS; VERTICAL WINDS; ZONAL WINDS;

OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL);

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CLIMATE MODELING; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; STRATOSPHERE; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 65249134021     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010518     Document Type: Article

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